ARGYNNIS Xf. 



ARGYNNIS CYBELE, 1-4. 



Argynnis Cybele, Fabricius ; Edw., But. N. Am., I, p. 67, pi. 21. 18G8 ; id., Can. Ent., VI, p. 121. 1874; xii, 

 p. 141. 1880 ; Scudder, But. N. E., p. 589, pi. 4. 1883. Carpentebii, Edw., Tr. Am. Ent. Soc, V, p. 

 204. 1876. 



Var. Carpexterii. 



In Volume I, I gave what information wa,s at that date attainable respecting 

 the distribution and habits of Cybele. Examples of the species have since come 

 from Montana, locality unknown, but supposed to be Helena, and from Fort 

 Niobrara, Nebraska. These are the extreme western limits recorded. Mr. 

 Scudder states that it has been taken, at the north, in Alberta ; at the east, at 

 Cape Breton. His map, Plate 21, showing distribution, draws the western line 

 through middle of Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas ; and the southern line with 

 the south line of Virginia and Kentucky. But I have seen examples from the 

 collection of Mr. E. M. Aaron, which were taken at Maryville, east Tennessee. 

 Mr. Aaron reports Cyhele also from Highlands, Macon County, North Carolina, 

 the extreme southwest of the State ; also that he has taken it in considerable 

 numbers at Elizabeth City, at the lower end of the Dismal Swamp. The species 

 is so far unknown in the Gulf States and Texas. 



Mr. Scudder says, p. 559, that in New England Cyhele is scarcely larger than 

 Aphrodite. Examples from Maine which I have seen are often very small, dark 

 above, and the under side of hind wings is usually quite dark brown, the 

 females especially so. Those taken in West Virginia, on the contrary, are large, 

 with heavy black lines on upper side, and the hind wings beneath are red- 

 brown. In Nebraska and Montana, the size is about same as at the east, but 

 the fulvous color is brighter, more red, and the under side is very light, near to 

 cinnamon-red, — so far as the examples seen by me show. 



I described Carpenterii as a distinct species, near to Cyhele, and was influenced 

 in the determination by the fact that Cyhele was not known to fly within lam- 



